It's been a while again since my last post but I have had some trouble with the new frame. Once I got used to it a bit I noticed that I had a 'bump' in the middle. Ever so slightly but it meant that the machine would just veer off to the right...very noticeable when quilting along. On top of that my rails were not tightened properly in the middle which meant that they had wedged once I started quilting. Not a huge deal, but important if I wanted to sell the frame. The dealer has been out a number of times to fix things. While all this was happening we also noticed that my handle bar buttons were sticking which led to them not working at times. A few other issues that need attention, so all in all very frustrating. I am not sure whether I will keep this frame but have decided to hold on to it for at least 6 months to see how I am going with it and whether I actually prefer it or not. At the moment I am missing my sitdown set up where I can just go and quilt. We shall see...the 'bump' has been fixed (it was due to a loose screw underneath the rail), so I am now up and running again. One of the rails still needs replacing which should happen some time this week, so let's hope that everything is going to go smoothly...not sure I can handle any further delays.
On the plus side, I finished my strip quilt for the Natalia Bonner Strip Design quilt-a-long.
I did put a border around it as well, not sure why I did not take a picture of that. The Strip-Along features 99 designs so I figured that it does not matter when I join. I think I might just pick and choose once I am ready to put that on the frame.
Also did some more practice before everything fell into a heap
Have a bit of a problem with small circles not wanting to be round. Finding this very infuriating as I cannot figure out exactly how to hold the handles.
Also tried a new pantograph...Billowy from Lorien Quilting. Very enjoyable and relatively easy to do. Really like the pantograph feature.
Currently waiting for the new rail to come so I cannot actually load anything major. Doing some practice again focussing in on those blasted pebbles...getting there but it is not easy at all. Every time I think that I am managing it goes haywire. Did some circles yesterday which were not too bad and then tried to echo around them for a stacked rainbow design and just did not get together. Very frustrating...I am obviously not good at being patient. We shall see how this all evolves!
I did put a border around it as well, not sure why I did not take a picture of that. The Strip-Along features 99 designs so I figured that it does not matter when I join. I think I might just pick and choose once I am ready to put that on the frame.
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